An Act to Clarify the Criminal History Record Information Act with Respect to Criminal Charges Dismissed as the Result of a Plea Agreement and to Clarify Dissemination of Sealed Criminal History Record Information to the Department of Professional and Financial Regulation

This bill clarifies how dismissed criminal charges are handled in criminal history records and court proceedings. It states that if a criminal charge is dismissed as part of a plea agreement where the defendant is convicted of another criminal charge, that dismissal information is not confidential. However, if a criminal charge is dismissed as part of a plea agreement where the defendant only admits to a civil or traffic violation, that dismissal information remains confidential. The bill also allows evidence of a guilty plea made during a deferred disposition to be used in later civil or criminal cases, even if the charge was later dismissed.

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